Business Services & Consulting • all cities, RI 40
IAM Security Engineer - W2 Only (40)
all cities, RI 40On-sitePosted 1 day ago
Business Services & Consulting
About the Role
HonorVet Technologies. We're a veteran-owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline; it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you is headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring.
Title: IAM Security Engineer Work Mode: Remote (EST Zone) Job ID: SYFJP00001266 Duration: 06 Months
Company Overview:
A leading consumer financial services organization delivering one of the industry's most digitally enabled product suites.
Expertise spans multiple industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet, and more.
Organizational Overview
This role reports to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Programs organization within the Information Security function.
Role Summary/Purpose
The IAM team is leading an initiative to implement enhanced logging and monitoring of access changes across high-risk applications using technologies such as Splunk and Cortex.
The IAM Security Engineer will be responsible for Highly Privileged Access (HPA) Logging and Monitoring.
This role partners closely with technology teams to onboard applications to the monitoring framework by assessing logging capabilities and integrating applications into Splunk.
The IAM team is also enhancing a system that identifies secret keys across the environment and reports on keys approaching or exceeding required rotation dates.
The IAM Security Engineer will be responsible for understanding test cases, executing functional testing, and identifying/reporting defects throughout development.
Scope of Services
Support HPA Logging and Monitoring discovery and onboarding activities, as well as testing for the secrets rotation tool.
Assist with accelerating application onboarding to Splunk and validating functionality of the secrets rotation solution.
Responsibilities
Facilitate discovery sessions and engagement with application owners.
Conduct interviews, working sessions, and document onboarding requirements.
Document and escalate risk mitigation plans for applications that cannot be onboarded.
Coordinate troubleshooting efforts during onboarding preparation.
Provide status reporting and raise required escalations.
Analyze log data and identify relevant events for mapping to Splunk data models.
Develop Splunk technology add-ons to parse, classify, and tag security data.
Test and validate Splunk configurations, ensuring compliance with standards and Common Information Model (CIM) requirements.
Release onboarded applications to the production Splunk team.
Develop and execute test plans and test cases for new functionality.
Collaborate with developers to reproduce and troubleshoot issues.
Maintain detailed test documentation.
Required Skills / Knowledge
3+ years of overall professional experience, including at least 1 year of engineering and/or architecture experience in IAM or related Information Security domains such as Data Protection or Security Engineering. In lieu of a degree, 5+ years of relevant experience.
Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience with IAM technologies.
Strong understanding of Splunk Cloud and Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
Experience working in cloud (PaaS) environments.
Knowledge of core IAM concepts including Authentication, Authorization, RBAC, etc.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prioritize work based on risk and project timelines.
Experience working in Agile environments using Jira and Jira Align.
HonorVet Technologies. We're a veteran-owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline; it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you is headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring.
Title: IAM Security Engineer Work Mode: Remote (EST Zone) Job ID: SYFJP00001266 Duration: 06 Months
Company Overview:
A leading consumer financial services organization delivering one of the industry's most digitally enabled product suites.
Expertise spans multiple industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet, and more.
Organizational Overview
This role reports to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Programs organization within the Information Security function.
Role Summary/Purpose
The IAM team is leading an initiative to implement enhanced logging and monitoring of access changes across high-risk applications using technologies such as Splunk and Cortex.
The IAM Security Engineer will be responsible for Highly Privileged Access (HPA) Logging and Monitoring.
This role partners closely with technology teams to onboard applications to the monitoring framework by assessing logging capabilities and integrating applications into Splunk.
The IAM team is also enhancing a system that identifies secret keys across the environment and reports on keys approaching or exceeding required rotation dates.
The IAM Security Engineer will be responsible for understanding test cases, executing functional testing, and identifying/reporting defects throughout development.
Scope of Services
Support HPA Logging and Monitoring discovery and onboarding activities, as well as testing for the secrets rotation tool.
Assist with accelerating application onboarding to Splunk and validating functionality of the secrets rotation solution.
Responsibilities
Facilitate discovery sessions and engagement with application owners.
Conduct interviews, working sessions, and document onboarding requirements.
Document and escalate risk mitigation plans for applications that cannot be onboarded.
Coordinate troubleshooting efforts during onboarding preparation.
Provide status reporting and raise required escalations.
Analyze log data and identify relevant events for mapping to Splunk data models.
Develop Splunk technology add-ons to parse, classify, and tag security data.
Test and validate Splunk configurations, ensuring compliance with standards and Common Information Model (CIM) requirements.
Release onboarded applications to the production Splunk team.
Develop and execute test plans and test cases for new functionality.
Collaborate with developers to reproduce and troubleshoot issues.
Maintain detailed test documentation.
Required Skills / Knowledge
3+ years of overall professional experience, including at least 1 year of engineering and/or architecture experience in IAM or related Information Security domains such as Data Protection or Security Engineering. In lieu of a degree, 5+ years of relevant experience.
Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience with IAM technologies.
Strong understanding of Splunk Cloud and Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
Experience working in cloud (PaaS) environments.
Knowledge of core IAM concepts including Authentication, Authorization, RBAC, etc.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prioritize work based on risk and project timelines.
Experience working in Agile environments using Jira and Jira Align.
What You'll Do
A leading consumer financial services organization delivering one of the industry's most digitally enabled product suites.
Expertise spans multiple industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet, and more.
This role reports to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Programs organization within the Information Security function.
The IAM team is leading an initiative to implement enhanced logging and monitoring of access changes across high-risk applications using technologies such as Splunk and Cortex.
The IAM Security Engineer will be responsible for Highly Privileged Access (HPA) Logging and Monitoring.
This role partners closely with technology teams to onboard applications to the monitoring framework by assessing logging capabilities and integrating applications into Splunk.
